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Celebrating culture and capital at @blackandscot f

Celebrating culture and capital at @blackandscot founding 50 event last night in Aberdeen. Thank you @iamtimiadegunwa for the invite and for stirring the much needed conversation! Now we build ✨🙌🌟🤩 #evolvewitheloho

Life doesn’t stop because you’re going through men

Life doesn’t stop because you’re going through menopause.

You still have work to do. People who need you. Deadlines to meet. A family to think about. A business to run. Decisions to make.

And you might be doing all of that while you’re exhausted from not sleeping properly, struggling to concentrate, feeling anxious, dealing with pain or wondering where the confidence you once had has gone.

Sometimes nobody around you even knows.

You can look perfectly fine on the outside and still be trying to understand what is happening within you.

This is one of the reasons I don’t think we can treat menopause as something that only affects a woman’s health.

It can affect her work, relationships, confidence, energy and how she feels about herself.

This is what navigating change can look like too.

Life around you hasn’t necessarily changed, but something within you has, and you’re trying to understand it while still getting on with everything else.

And when we don’t understand what’s happening, we can be incredibly hard on ourselves.

We think we need to try harder. Be more organised. Get ourselves together.

Sometimes what we actually need is information, support and somewhere we can talk openly about what we’re experiencing.

That’s part of what we’re creating at @adelpheconnect Fit & Fired Up on 10 October in Edinburgh, ahead of World Menopause Day.

A space to ask questions, learn from experts, move, connect and talk about midlife, including this year’s World Menopause Day theme, Chronic Pain at Midlife.

Women are carrying enough. We shouldn’t have to quietly push through this too. Details here https://linktr.ee/AdelpheConnect1 #worldmenopauseday #adelpheconnect

I didn’t even know what perimenopause was until I

I didn’t even know what perimenopause was until I started asking questions about why I wasn’t feeling like myself.

And I know I’m not the only woman who has had that experience.

World Menopause Day is on 18 October, and although we’re talking about menopause much more than we used to, I still think there are communities where these conversations aren’t happening enough.

The tiredness. Brain fog. Changes in sleep, mood, confidence and our bodies. And for some women, pain. All while life carries on and we’re expected to carry on too.

That’s why this matters to me.

On 10 October, ahead of World Menopause Day, we’re bringing women together at @adelpheconnect for Fit & Fired Up, with a particular focus this year on chronic pain at midlife.

There’ll be expert conversations, movement, self-care, honest conversations about our changing bodies, and yes, some fun too with @mamichie_healthcare @heather.nyoni.1 @tanyasukistyle @zumba_lily_cv @ddrzikova

If you’re navigating perimenopause or menopause, supporting someone who is, or simply want to understand more, come and join us.

And please share this with a woman who might need it. Sometimes knowing you’re not the only one experiencing something makes such a difference. 💛

Saturday 10 October | 11am–3.30pm | Edinburgh

Booking details/QR code are on the flyer.

#FitAndFiredUp #WorldMenopauseDay #Perimenopause #Menopause #AdelpheConnect

Six years of @theperiodplaceuk Limitless Summit, a

Six years of @theperiodplaceuk Limitless Summit, and I have had the pleasure of being part of every one.

And @floigboayaka keeps raising the bar.

This year brought together such a strong mix of women, business leaders, founders and voices, all exploring legacy from different perspectives.

It was lovely to meet Dr Evelyn McDonald, CEO of Scottish EDGE. Her keynote was empowering, and I enjoyed hearing from so many other phenomenal women and business leaders throughout the day.

I had the pleasure of facilitating a panel conversation on legacy, exploring it through finance, business growth, turning ideas into action and leadership. I thoroughly enjoyed the conversation and the different perspectives each panellist brought to the room, including Louise Fraser-Queen MSc Evelyn Mair Chikanma Julie Nwajiuba BscMscCeMap and Dr Yanan Zhang.

Another highlight was joining the judging team for the Launchpad Series, launched this year by Dr Jeanette Forbes OBE, MUniv, Hon DBA, FRSA , who was also last year’s keynote speaker. It was a pleasure judging alongside Joy Kelikume Oziomaaka Oluwaseun Franklin Olabode, PhD Cerri McDonald, Dr Yanan Zhang, Alex Mackrell and Dr Evelyn. We listened to the finalists pitch their ideas and had the difficult task of choosing the very first grant recipient.

Congratulations to the winner, and to every finalist who stood before us and shared what they are building. There were some brilliant ideas in that room.

And Lauren Mitchell 🎙, what a host! She carried the day brilliantly, kept us engaged and somehow made it all look easy.

I also met some wonderful new people and had conversations I hope will continue beyond the summit.

Florence, you deserve your flowers. 💐

I have watched Limitless grow over these six years, and the standard this year spoke for itself. The calibre of the people in the room, the conversations and the whole experience reflected the work you have continued to put into it year after year.

Congratulations on another brilliant Limitless Summit. 🌟🤩💛✨👏👏 #limitless

You might have a brilliant idea. But is it what pe

You might have a brilliant idea. But is it what people actually need?

Sometimes we get an idea from something we’ve experienced ourselves. We know how difficult it was, and we want to make things better for someone else.

That’s a good place to start.

But before you invest time and money into building something, have a few conversations with the people you want to help.

Ask them what they’re struggling with. What they have tried and what would genuinely help?

Then listen, even if their answers aren’t what you expect.

You may discover that what they need is different from what you had in mind. That’s okay. It’s better to find out now than spend months building something that doesn’t quite meet the need.

I’ve learnt that you can care deeply about a problem and still have more to learn from the people experiencing it.

Your experience may have given you the idea. Let their experiences help you shape it.

If you’re thinking about starting a social enterprise, @firstportscotland free Ready to RISE programme can help you explore your idea and take those next steps.

Join us at Adelphe Connect in Dunfermline to find out more.

Register 👉 https://events.humanitix.com/ready-to-rise-let-s-get-started-at-adelphe-connect-dunfermline #firstyourworldthentheworld #evolvewitheloho #readytorise

What if the thing you’ve been through, the skills

What if the thing you’ve been through, the skills you’ve developed or the problem you keep noticing could become the starting point for something that creates positive change in other people’s lives?

I think sometimes we dismiss what we carry because it feels so ordinary to us.

We assume everybody knows what we know, or that someone else is already doing it better.

But think about the things people naturally come to you for help with. The experiences you’ve had that have changed how you see the world. The problems in your community that you keep wishing someone would do something about.

Could there be something in all of that you could build on to create that positive change?

When I think about my journey with @adelpheconnect, I remember arriving in Scotland with so much hope and so much to give, yet there were times I felt unseen and unheard.

Through conversations with other women, I realised I wasn’t alone. I kept meeting women with so much to offer who needed support, connection and somewhere they could find their feet.

Those experiences and conversations became part of the reason I started Adelphe Connect. I wanted to build something I wished had been there.

I didn’t have all the answers. I’ve had to learn, ask questions, seek support and build along the way. And I’m still learning.

Maybe that’s where you are right now. You know there’s something you want to do, but you’re not quite sure what it could become.

Start by asking yourself:

What problem do I keep noticing?
Who could benefit from what I know or have experienced?
What’s one small step I could take to explore this idea?

You don’t need to have the everything figured out before taken the first or next step.

And if starting a social enterprise is something you’ve been thinking about, @firstportscotland Ready to RISE programme could help you take that next step.

Join us at Adelphe Connect in Dunfermline to find out about their free 8-week programme, explore how your idea could become a social enterprise and ask your questions.

You can register here https://events.humanitix.com/ready-to-rise-let-s-get-started-at-adelphe-connect-dunfermline #firstyourworldthentheworld #evolvewitheloho

A few days ago, I was chatting with someone who ha

A few days ago, I was chatting with someone who had been accepted onto a business development programme.

During a session, they discovered it was aimed at people already building their businesses, rather than those still at idea stage.

Suddenly, they started questioning whether they belonged there. Their confidence took a knock.

I said, “Wait a minute. You applied, they reviewed your application and accepted you. They saw something in what you were bringing. So why are you now questioning whether you belong?”

And it got me thinking. How often do we do the same thing?

We finally get into the room, look around at everyone else’s experience and achievements, and start questioning our own place in it.

We become so aware of what everybody else brings that we forget what we carry.

This is something I talk about a lot when it comes to personal branding.

Do you recognise the value of what you carry, or does someone else always have to recognise it first?

Your journey may look different. You may be at an earlier stage. But that doesn’t mean you have nothing to contribute.

Don’t become so focused on what you think you lack that you forget what you carry.

And speaking of opportunities, if you’re sitting on a social enterprise idea, join me at @firstportscotland Ready to RISE information session at Adelphe Connect in Dunfermline. I’ll be sharing my journey and how you can get support to get started.

Register here 👉 https://events.humanitix.com/ready-to-rise-let-s-get-started-at-adelphe-connect-dunfermline #firstyourworldthentheworld #evolvewitheloho

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